Widiss' Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Insurance, Third Ed.

Frequently cited and quoted by both state and federal courts, this newly-revised three-volume set provides a detailed examination of both the nature and scope of coverage and claims procedures for both types of insurance in every state.

Frequently cited and quoted by both state and federal courts, this newly-revised three-volume set provides a detailed examination of both the nature and scope of coverage and claims procedures for both types of insurance in every state. Combining lucid theoretical analysis with helpful practical insight, the text is amply annotated with references to the statutory and case law of every state.

Volume Two provides a comprehensive discussion of the uninsured motorist insurance claims process, including protection and preservation of claims, settlement of tort and insurance claims, mediation and arbitration of coverage disputes, and litigation of tort and insurance claims.

Volume Three offers a detailed examination of both coverage and claims issues relating to underinsured motorist insurance, including vehicle coverage limitations, limitations of liability, protection and preservation of claims, and arbitration and settlement of tort and insurance claims.

Topics covered include:

• Coverage in states in which there is no statutory mandate • The collateral effect of an arbitration decision • Damages for delay in settling a claim • Bad-faith claims against an insurer • Coverage of punitive damages • Claimant's right to "stack" coverage • Judicial limitations on consent-to-settle provisions • Limitations of insurer's subrogation rights

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Featured Authors

Alan I. Widiss

Jeffrey E. Thomas

Alan I. Widiss

The late Alan I. Widiss was the Josephine R. Witte Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Iowa College of Law. Professor Widiss graduated from the University of Southern California School of Law in 1963, and received a Masters Degree from Harvard School of Law in 1964. He was a member of the California State Bar, the American Law Institute, the American Bar Association, and was a Past Chairperson of the American Bar Association Torts and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Jeffrey E. Thomas

Jeffrey E. Thomas is Associate Dean for International Programs and Professor of Law at the University of Missouri--Kansas City. Dean Thomas graduated from Loyola Marymount University in 1983, and earned his Juris Doctor degree from University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall), in 1986. He is a past President of the Asia Pacific Risk and Insurance Association, past Chair of the Insurance Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools, and a member of the California Bar. Dean Thomas has held various leadership positions in the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section of the ABA, the Lawyers Association of Kansas City, and the J. Reuben Clark Law Society. Dean Thomas has a national and international reputation in the field of Insurance Law. His work has been presented at academic and professional meetings throughout the U.S. and internationally, and has been published in academic journals in the U.S., Europe, China, Thailand and India. He is the co-author with Alan I. Widiss of the three-volume treatise Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Insurance published by LexisNexis, which he updates annually. Dean Thomas served on the Editorial Board of the CGL Reporter, is a reviewer and an advisor to the Connecticut Insurance Law Journal, and was the Editor-in-Chief for the New Appleman Insurance Law Practice Guide. Dean Thomas previously taught at the University of Chicago as Bigelow Teaching Fellow, at Loyola Law School (Los Angeles) as an adjunct, at University of Connecticut as a summer visitor, and at Nankai University in Tianjin, China as a Fulbright Fellow. He was also designated the first Tiera M. Farrow Faculty Scholar at UMKC.